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- Title
'LÁ' PÓS-NOMINAL NA CARTOGRAFIA DO DP: QUESTÕES SOBRE ESPECIFICIDADE E IDENTIFICAÇÃO.
- Authors
PEREIRA, Bruna Karla
- Abstract
This paper investigates Brazilian Portuguese data with post-nominal 'lá' in structures like "um colega meu lá" (a friend my 'lá'/ "my friend there") suggesting a formal analysis for the position of this adverb in the DP-domain. In order to accomplish this goal: we point out: (i) the differences between this non-locative 'lá' and the post-nominal locative 'lá'; (ii) the similarities between non-locative 'lá' and post-nominal 'qualquer' (certain); (iii) the similarities between non-locative 'lá' and indefinite specific 'this' in colloquial English; and (iv) the similarities between non-locative 'lá' and a variety of particles used in certain languages as specificity markers (LYONS, 1999), that is, those that are used when the speaker refers to a specific entity, but does not identify it. From this parallel, we assume, based on the functional specifier theory (CINQUE, 1999, 2005), that 'lá' is merged in the specifier position of a functional projection. This projection, which contains specificity features, would surface immediately above the NP and below modifiers in the DP-domain.
- Subjects
CARTOGRAPHY; PORTUGUESE language; BRAZILIAN literature; ADVERBS (Grammar); LANGUAGE &; languages; ENGLISH language conversation &; phrase books
- Publication
Alfa: Revista de Lingüística, 2011, Vol 55, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
0002-5216
- Publication type
Article